1 Quotations are useful in periods of ignorance or obscurantist beliefs. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Guy Debord, Ignorance, Quotations, 0 Guy Debord Copy
2 Some quotations,” said Zellaby, “are greatly improved by lack of context. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John Wyndham, Context, Interpretation, Quotations, 0 John Wyndham Writer Copy
3 Rees’s First Law of Quotations: When in doubt, ascribe all quotations to George Bernard Shaw. Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Nigel Rees, Attribution, Humor, Quotations, 0 Nigel Rees Author · United Kingdom Copy
4 Quotations offer one kind of break in what the eye can see, the ear can hear. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Ihab Hassan, Break, Perception, Quotations, 0 Ihab Hassan Literary critic and cultural theorist · Egypt Copy
5 To be amused by what you read – that is the great spring of happy quotations. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Edward Montague, Amusement, Happiness, Quotations, 0 Charles Edward Montague Journalist · United Kingdom Copy
6 The next best thing to being witty one’s self, is to be able to be able to quote another’s wit. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christian Nestell Bovee, Appreciation, Humor, Quotations, 0 Christian Nestell Bovee Author · USA Copy
7 A book that furnishes no quotations, is me judice, no book, — it is a plaything. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Thomas Love Peacock, Knowledge, Quotations, Reading, 0 Thomas Love Peacock Author · England Copy
8 The text is a tissue of quotations drawn from the innumerable centres of culture. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Roland Barthes, Culture, Quotations, Text, 0 Roland Barthes Literary theorist and philosopher · France Copy
9 Quotations when engraved upon the memory give you good thoughts. Read explanation Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Winston Churchill, Memory, Quotations, 0 Winston Churchill Politician · United Kingdom Copy
10 Quotation lovers love rare words. Author, June 21, 2023January 2, 2025, Willis Regier, Quotations, Rare, 0 Willis Regier Scholar Copy
11 The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations. Author, October 13, 2023January 2, 2025, Benjamin Disraeli, Experience, Quotations, Wisdom, 0 Benjamin Disraeli Former Leader of the House of Commons · England Copy
Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish – too much handling will spoil it. Read explanation Lao Tzu Philosopher · China
Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try. Mary Kay Ash Entrepreneur · USA
Write out of love, write out of instinct, write out of reason. But always for money. Louis Untermeyer
